THE CUTCHI MEMONS ACT, 1938 

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

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SECTIONS

1. Short title and commencement.

2. Cutchi Memons to be governed in certain matters by Muhammadan Law.

3. Savings.


 
THE CUTCHI MEMONS ACT, 1938

ACT NO. 10 OF 1938

[8th April, 1938.]

An  Act  to  provide  that  all  Cutchi  Memons  shall  be  governed  in  matters  of  succession  and 
inheritance by the Muhammadan Law.

WHEREAS  it  is  expedient  that  all  Cutchi  Memons  be  governed  in  matters  of succession  and 
inheritance by the Muhammadan Law; It is hereby enacted as follows:—

1. Short title and commencement.—
(1) This Act may be called the Cutchi Memons Act, 1938.
(2) It shall come into force on the 1st day of November, 1938.

2.  Cutchi  Memons  to  be  governed  in  certain  matters  by  Muhammadan  Law.—Subject  to  the 
provisions of section 3, all Cutchi Memons shall, in matters of succession and inheritance, be governed by 
the Muhammadan Law.

3.  Savings.—Nothing in  this  Act  shall  affect  any  right  or  liability  acquired  or  incurred  before  its 
commencement, or any legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any such right or liability; and any such 
legal proceeding or remedy may be continued or enforced as if this Act had not been passed.